In the following sentence, identify the correct sentence structure (i. e., simple, compound, complex, compound-complex) and explain your answer (i. e., clause or clauses, subject-verb agreement, prepositional phrase, etc.):

chopin in the story of an hour explains to the reader; in order for anyone to live in marriage, he or she must be "free, free, free! "

The sentence structure of this example is Compound-Complex.

Explanation:

When we want to determine a sentence structure, we should analyze how many clauses it has. Clauses can be dependent or independent. Compound-Complex structure includes two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. Let's see our example:

Chopin in The Story of an Hour explains to the reader; in order for anyone to live in marriage, he or she must be "Free, free, free!"

Chopin in The Story of an Hour explains to the reader - independent clause

in order for anyone to live in marriage - dependent clause

he or she must be "Free, free, free!" - independent clause

As we have 2 independent and 1 dependent clause, this sentence is a compound-complex sentence.

explanation:

it refers to the definition of full-contact sports, where the condition is that the sport must have athletes must "purposely collide with each other